David Smith Serves As CPA Chairman, ’21 Board Announced

Composite Panel Assn.’s 2021 Board of Directors leadership team includes David Smith of Timber Products Co. as 2021 CPA Board Chairman with Steve Carroll of Arauco North America as Vice Chairman and Dan Beaty of Langboard as Secretary/Treasurer. Pat Aldred of GP Wood Products completed his term as CPA Chairman at the end of 2020 and now serves as Immediate Past Chairman.

Ashlee Cribb of Roseburg and Erik Christensen of Swiss Krono are members of CPA’s Executive Committee. Cribb replaced Jim Buffington who retired from Roseburg at the end of 2020.

Swanson Group Will Rebuild Oregon Plywood Mill

Officials with Swanson Group Mfg. LLC announced plans to rebuild the company’s Springfield, Ore. plywood plant after it was destroyed by fire in mid-July 2014. According to Swanson Group President and CEO Steve Swanson, “We…

Arauco Announces Particleboard Expansion

From: Panel World Staff Arauco is investing $30 million to expand particleboard and TFL (thermally fused laminate/melamine) capacity for its Carolina Particleboard Mill in Bennettsville, SC. The particleboard expansion, with a scheduled startup in the…

GP Will Upgrade Thorsby LVL

Georgia-Pacific is investing $6 million at its Thorsby, Ala. engineered lumber operations to expand production capacity of laminated veneer lumber (LVL). In a move that positions the facility for long-term success, according to the company,…

Norbord To Become Largest OSB Producer

Norbord Inc. and Ainsworth Lumber are merging and creating the largest OSB producer in the world with production capacity of 7.7 billion SF, according to the companies. The transaction entails Ainsworth shareholders receiving 0.1321 of…

Roseburg Has Weed Mill On Track

Roseburg Forest Products announced a phased ramp-up of production at its Weed, Calif. veneer facility beginning October 13. The repairs to the entire mill, which was damaged by the “Boles Fire” on September 15, will…

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